 | 1906 - 594 Seiten
...mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She complied with great reluctance, and not without...began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back; a dense, dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself over the country like a... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1908 - 528 Seiten
...that she was not the occasion of mine- But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, I led her on. She complied with great reluctance, and not without many reproaches to herself for being the occasion of retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1909 - 532 Seiten
...mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She complied with great reluctance, and not without...began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself over the country like a... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909 - 470 Seiten
...mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She complied with great reluctance, and not without...began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself over the country like a... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1909 - 276 Seiten
...mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She complied with great reluctance, and not without...retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, tho in no great quantity. I looked back; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - 1912 - 616 Seiten
...that she was not the occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her; and taking her by the hand, I led her on. She complied with great reluctance, and not without many reproaches to herself for being the cause of retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity.... | |
 | Edward Hutton - 1915 - 392 Seiten
...that she was not the occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and taking her by the hand, I led her on ; she complied with great reluctance,...retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, tho' in no great quantity. I turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1916 - 406 Seiten
...that she was not the occasion of mine- But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, I led her on. She complied with great reluctance, and not without many reproaches to herself for being the occasion of retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great... | |
 | Margaret Coult - 1917 - 458 Seiten
...her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She 15 complied with great reluctance, and not without reproaches to herself for retarding my flight. The...began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back ; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself over the country like a... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 Seiten
...that she was not the occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her ; and, taking her by the hand, I led her on. She complied with great reluctance,...ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantities. I turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling after us like... | |
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As for herself, she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible. However, she would willingly meet death if she could have the satisfaction of seeing that she was not the occasion of mine. 
